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3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(2,306 total reviews)
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Ciarán Devane

63% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

British Council has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,306 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The British Council employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gemeinnützige Organisationen & NGOs industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Jan 30, 2026

An epic fail

Recommend
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Pros

If you have no other options, it's ok. If you are quick enough, you can pick up hours when you need it. They have ok in house trainings and you can develop your IT skills while working here. It's interesting to teach students from around the world.

Cons

1. Very low salary for the UK that hasn't increased for years (13 pounds for 55 minutes group class, 7.5 pounds for 25 min private class). 2. The teacher has no rights and nowhere to complain if things go wrong. 3. If things go wrong with technology, they blame the teacher. For example, I had a problem with the link. When I tried to start the class, the link didn't work. I tried writing support 5 minutes before the class started and only got response from the admin 15 minutes later when they managed to generate the link. I started the class, but was told that I wouldnt be paid for it. Later they agreed to pay for 15 minutes of tha class, which was about 3 pounds. 4. You'd be observed a lot without prior notice and and it could be on the recording of your class which happened a month ago. The observation feedback is quite critical and not really fair.

4.0
Jan 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Super healthy corp environment Sustainable human growth Work-life balance Very constructive and helpful training process Fully high-end benefit Very human focused culture High pay with low pressure, multiple bonus schemes especially for sales teams

Cons

Long on-boarding process (background screen): will take 4-8 weeks to on-board, strict background screenings. Teachers usually undergo 4-5 months screening and training before taking official classes Too many constraints for sales team and operation stakeholders In restructure process, cutting off benefits and bonus Slow career pathway Over complicated processes

4.0
Jan 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is decent for the role

Cons

No career progression so far

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